Polls & players

The polls are out, with UT-Martin up to #8 in all three polls we follow here at the blog, after the Skyhawks' 28-14 win over SEMO. Check out The Sports Network's media poll here, the AnyGivenSaturday.com fan poll here, and the College Sporting News' coaches poll here (the link's not updated yet, but the poll is posted in a thread at AGS).

Eastern Illinois held steady at #20 in the TSN and CSN polls. But the fans at AGS dropped them to #22 after a 29-3 win over Tennessee State, who previously was undefeated in league play. Hmm.

All four of the players of the week, meanwhile, are Skyhawks and Panthers. Martin running back Donald Chapman is offensive player of the week. EIU linebacker Donald Thomas gets the defensive award. Martin kick returner Jessie Burton is the specialist of the week, and EIU quarterback Cole Stinson is the newcomer of the week. Here's an EIU release on the awards, and here's one from UTM.